Condiment-holder.



w. s. HUGHES.

CONDIMENT- HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED.JULY 7. 1914.

Patented Au 31, 1915 Q TED %TATES PATENT @FFTCE.

WILLIAM G. HUGHES, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONDIIVIENT-HOLDER.

answer.

Application filed Jiily 7, 1914.

T 0 all whom. it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. HUenns, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condiment-Holders, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to condiment hold ers, and its primary object is to provide a receptacle adapted to contain salt, sugar or like powdered or granulated articles of food with a discharge opening preferably arranged at an angle to the top of the receptacle and provided with a weighted valve or stopper to close the discharge opening and with means for tilting or canting said stopper or valve to permit the free discharge of the contents of the receptacle.

The distinguishing feature of the present invention is the means provided for guiding tilting the stopper or valve and its stem,'said means forming a part of the guide for said stem.

The invention also includes novel means for supporting and guiding a stopper within the discharge opening of a container.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings which constitute a part of this specification and its features of novelty will be set forth and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in vertical section of a condiment holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same also shown partly in section and broken away, the de vice being shown in tilted position for the discharge of its contents. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the guide employed to support the stopper stem. Fig.4 is a central vertical section of the discharge spout of the device.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawing, the reference numeral 1 designates a receptacle or shaker adapted to contain condiments such as salt, sugar and the like eX- ternally threaded at its upper end as at 2 to receive an internally-threaded flange 3 of a cap 4. The cap 4 is formed with an opening preferably at one side thereof to receive the lower end. of a spout 5 open at its outer end and preferably beveled to form a seat 6 for a conical valve or stopper 7 from which depends a guide stem 8 to the lower end of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 311, 1915.,

Serial N 0. 849,491.

which is secured a weight 9 preferably of the conical form shown.

The spout 5 is preferably formed with an annular flange 10 resting upon the cap 4 to limit the inward projection of the spout.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the guide through which the stem 8 extends is formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to provide parallel sides 11 and 12. The side 11 of the guide is formed with an inclined lug 13 having a perforation 14 through which the stem 8 is adapted to freely slide and at either side of the lug 13 is a curved arm 15, said arms being in parallel relation and being preferably formed by slitting the metal forming the side 11 of the guide.

The side member 12 of the guide is .enlarged and formed with a circular opening 16 adapted to receive the inwardly projecting end of the spout 5. In such position, the side member 12 is clamped against the inner wall of the cover 4, by swaging the inner end of the spout as clearly shown in Fig. 1, with the result that the annular flange 10 is forced into positive engagement with the cover to hold the spout and guide immovable relative to said cover.

The function of the parallel curved arms 15 projecting from the guide is to tilt or cant the conical stopper 7 to one side of the spout to allow free egress of the contents of the receptacle when the latter is in the position illustrated in Fig. 2. This tilting movement is effected by the contact of the conical weight 9 with the surfaces of the curved arms and this constitutes an essential feature of the invention, and distinguishes it from the prior art in which a stopper or valve stem moves in a line parallel with the axis of'the discharge spout.

As will be apparent from the illustration in Fig. 1 when the condiment holder is in- 'cover, of a spout projecting through the one of the members being seated over and secured to the inner end of the spout, and

l the other member being provided with an seated over and orifice, and a stem projecting through the spout and orificed member and carrying at its outer end a cone shaped stopper and at its inner end a weight to engage the fingers. 2. The combination with a receptacle cover, of a spout projecting through the cover and provided intermediate its ends with a flange to'rest upon the-outer face of the cover, a guide embodying two parallel disposed members and two outwardly curved spaced fingers, one of the members being secured to the inner end of the spout, and the other member being provided with an orlfice, and a stem projecting through the spout and the orificed member and having at its outer end a cone-shaped stopper and at its inner end a weight .to engage with the outer terminalfof the fingers.

3. A'device of the class described, comprising in combination with a receptacle cover, a spout, a guide member associated with the inner end of said spout, means for holding the spout and guide member immovable relative to said cover, a stem passing throughv said guide, a closure for the spout carried by the outer end of the stem, a weight carried stem, and means carried by the guide member adapted to cause the weight to cant when the receptacle is inverted.- In testimony whereof I'affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. HUGHES. Witnesses:

A. M. WILSON, BENNETT S. JoNEs.

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